Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Sam Houston
CJ Brown
DB • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Canton, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • Bowling Green • Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
CJ Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Canton, MI wearing No. 24, spending time with Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Sam Houston. The clearest part of CJ Brown's...
Read the storyCJ Brown, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. CJ Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 337
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
CJ Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Sam Houston · DB
- Career Tackles
- 337
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 56 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
- Top game
- Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Walled Lake Western · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · DB 69th (top 8%) · Conference USA 25th (top 5%) · National 343rd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 11 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 14.6 |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 14 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 14 | 103 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12 | 71 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Bowling Green | 13 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 13 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 10 | 64 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 58.4 |
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CJ Brown played DB for Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, and Sam Houston. Across 6 tracked seasons, CJ Brown recorded 337 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 7 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Sam Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
36.6
Usage
7.6
Consistency
7.1
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Wyoming: 0. Michigan: 0. Maine: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1.5. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 1.5. Western Michigan: 0. Kent State: 4.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Tech: 4 by 16.7. Wyoming: 10 by 41.7. Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Maine: 8 by 33.3. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Toledo: 8 by 48.3. Bowling Green: 7 by 29.2. Central Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Kent State: 7 by 29.2. Ball State: 3 by 12.5. Buffalo: 12 by 65. Western Michigan: 14 by 50. Kent State: 10 by 86.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/17 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 41-47 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/4 | vs Kent State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 41-23 | 10 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/24 | vs Western Michigan10+ tackles | L 21-42 | 14 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/18 | @ Buffalo10+ tackles | W 33-27 | 12 | 9 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/11 | vs Ball State | W 30-29 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/3 | @ Kent State | L 47-52 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Central Michigan | W 39-38 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Bowling Green | W 34-26 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Toledo | W 22-20 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 27-20 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Maine | W 41-14 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Michigan | L 10-63 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Wyoming10+ tackles | L 43-50 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Georgia Tech | W 22-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
CJ Brown story
CJ Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Canton, MI wearing No. 24, spending time with Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Sam Houston. The clearest part of CJ Brown's career was his defensive production: 337 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 56 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but CJ Brown's production has multiple signals. With 56 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Sam Houston.
The arc is straightforward: CJ Brown moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northern Illinois
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Bowling Green
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Sam Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 7.5 | 36.6 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 7.5 | 36.6 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6.5 | 29.7 | 4.9 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 15.3 | 3.5 | -6.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Bowling Green | 6 | 28 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 6 | 28 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 7 | 33.7 | 6.7 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 14 · W 41-23 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
95.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 2 · L 27-34
2
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Ball State
Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 9 · W 41-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 68 Hawai'i
Week 2 · L 20-37
2
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
7 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
58.4
#2
2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois
51.7
7.5 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
51.7
7.5 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
5
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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